Forrester says the cloud market is moving beyond commodity infrastructure toward AI-native cloud platforms built for generative AI and agentic AI. The same analysis highlights rising importance of storage, GRC concerns, and new AI infrastructure platform models. [4]
TITEL: Hybrid and multicloud remain dominant enterprise cloud patterns
URL: https://www.cloudwards.net/cloud-computing-trends/
SAMENVATTING: Cloudwards lists multicloud and hybrid cloud deployments among the top cloud computing trends in 2026. It also notes increasing use of PaaS, SaaS, IaaS, AI-driven cloud computing, and serverless computing. [5]
TITEL: Microsoft urges prioritized cyber hygiene and modern security standards
URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/12/04/cybersecurity-strategies-to-prioritize-now/
SAMENVATTING: Microsoft says security leaders should prioritize essential cyber hygiene basics and modern security standards, products, and protocols. The guidance reinforces a layered approach to reducing risk across enterprise environments. [14]
TITEL: CISA says MFA and strong password practices are core cybersecurity basics
URL: https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cybersecurity-best-practices
SAMENVATTING: CISA describes strong passwords, software updates, thinking before clicking suspicious links, and turning on multi-factor authentication as core cyber hygiene. These steps are presented as simple actions that can drastically improve online safety. [23]
TITEL: Azure is part of the broader enterprise shift toward multicloud and AI workloads
URL: https://www.flexera.com/blog/finops/the-latest-cloud-computing-trends-flexera-2025-state-of-the-cloud-report/
SAMENVATTING: Flexera reports that multi-cloud is now common, with many organizations using AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud across significant workloads. The report also notes growing FinOps adoption and continued interest in ML/AI workloads in the cloud. [38]
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